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Taiwan in recent years has become one of the "most important places" but also one of the "most dangerous places" in the world. Under the Tsai Ing-wen administration in the past eight years, Taiwan's role in the world apparently rose to a record-high because of the development of its high-tech industry, its geopolitical position, and it being in the front-line of authoritarian diffusion. In this talk, Dr Fang-Yu Chen will introduce President Lai Ching-te, Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim, and the dynamics of Taiwan’s party politics. Why did the ruling DPP lose its majority in the legislature? Why were there mass-protests against the opposition parties and the legislature in May? What will be the major policies, especially foreign policies of the new team? How will the government deal with China’s pressure as well as Taiwan’s socioeconomic challenges?

Fang-Yu Chen is an assistant professor of Political Science at Soochow University, Taiwan. His research interests include authoritarian politics, party politics, political behaviour in new democracies, and US–China–Taiwan relations.

Light lunch will be provided at 12pm.  the 2024 ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃTaiwan Update Program.

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